SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE –
NEC Express5800/R110j-1
NEC Corporation
Revision 1.0
– January 2019
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One battery backup unit must be installed per one system.
To configure a large-capacity RAID array, it is recommended to configure in RAID 6 or RAID 60 in order to minimize the risk of
becoming multiple hard drives failure during the RAID rebuilding process.
It is recommended to set RAID array configuration drives up to eight in order to minimize the risk of becoming multiple hard
drives failure.
Up to two RAID Controller with cache(N8103-193/-196) can be installed.
7.1.2
Fibre Channel / SAS Controller
Quick reference support matrix
OS
Support
Storage
16Gb/s
Fibre channel
32Gb/s
Fibre
channel
12Gb/s
SAS
N8190-163
N8190-164
(Broadcom)
N8190-165
N8190-166
(QLogic)
N8190-171
N8190-172
(Broadcom)
N8103-197
N8103-
E184
N8103-184
WS2016
iStorage M
-
iStorage T
-
-
-
LTO + DEU
-
-
-
-
LTO autoldr
-
-
-
-
RHEL 7.5
or later
iStorage M
-
-
iStorage T
-
-
-
LTO + DEU
-
-
-
-
LTO autoldr
-
-
-
-
ESXi 6.5u2
or later
iStorage M
-
-
ESXi 6.7
or later
iStorage M
-
-
:
Support/Qualified
-:
N/A
LTO + DEU: Internal LTO drive on 1U Device Expansion Unit (N8141-69F)
LTO autoldr: LTO Autoloder (LL009F, T30A, T60A)
NOTE:
iStorage T, LTO drives doesn’t support VMware ESXi.
For details such as OS support, function, etc, please refer to NEC Storage website.
Quick reference support matrix shows compatibility with storage data connection function. For FC-SAN boot, please refer to “FC
SAN Boot Configuration Guide.
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Fibre
Channel
16Gb/s
Fibre Channel Controller (1ch)
Cavium QLogic, QLE2690
16Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 3.0 x8
N8190-165
Fibre Channel Controller (2ch)
Cavium QLogic, QLE2692
16Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 3.0 x8
N8190-166
Fibre Channel Controller (1ch)
Broadcom, LPe31000
16Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 3.0 x8
N8190-163
Fibre Channel Controller (2ch)
Broadcom, LPe31002
16Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 3.0 x8
N8190-164
32Gb/s
Fibre Channel Controller (1ch)
Broadcom, LPe32000
32Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 3.0 x8
N8190-171
Fibre Channel Controller (2ch)
Broadcom, LPe32002
32Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 3.0 x8
N8190-172